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January 09, 2025

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

News

North Korea’s Air Koryo spent nearly $1 million on Russian plane parts in 2020

Pyongyang ordered maintenance tools and spare parts despite putting a hold on nearly all travel over COVID-19

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 1, 2021
Border Controls

Contractors have six months to assess New Yalu River Bridge: PRC border gov.

Sources mixed on whether development means PRC-DPRK trade can resume any time soon

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Min Chao ChoyMarch 31, 2021
News

UN Security Council takes no action on North Korean missile launches

Security Council issues no statement, takes no action in wake of March 25 missile testing

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 30, 2021
Evergreen

North Korean conglomerate faces serious fallout after deadly bus accident

Korea Kumgang Group appears to have downsized or shut down completely after a once-successful run

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoMarch 29, 2021
News

North Korea fired off two missiles in first-known test since Biden took office

Some experts say that North Korea is trying to lightly provoke the US. Others say the tests have no hidden message.

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 23, 2021
News

Malaysia expels North Korean diplomats, formally closes its embassy in Pyongyang

Rapid decay of DPRK-Malaysia ties follows extradition of North Korean citizen to the United States

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 19, 2021
News

No UN or NGO workers left in North Korea after more expats depart Pyongyang

The loss of humanitarian workers could have a massive effect on North Korea in the near future

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 18, 2021
Analysis

China’s new domestic vaccine mandate could devastate future North Korea travel

Beijing announced that visa applicants will have to be inoculated with a Chinese-made vaccine

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 18, 2021
News

North Korea calls Biden outreach a ‘cheap trick,’ vows to ignore future attempts

Top diplomat says North Korea will ignore US outreach until Washington “rolls back its hostile policy”

News

North Korea may test improved ICBM design ‘in near future’: US Air Force General

Threat of a test has increased following Kim Jong Un remarks about moratoria and reveal of new ICBM design

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 16, 2021
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